Pregnant adolescents are at greater risk for cesarean birth due ...

[yoooooman]

Pregnant adolescents are at greater risk for cesarean birth due to cephalopelvic disproportion because ___________________ _.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Question 2

A nurse is explaining to parents how the central nervous system of a child differs from that of an adult. Which statement accurately describes these differences?
 
  a. The infant has 150 mL of CSF compared with 50 mL in the adult.
  b. Papilledema is a common manifestation of ICP in the very young child.
  c. The brain of a term infant weighs less than half of the weight of the adult brain.
  d. Coordination and fine motor skills develop as myelinization of peripheral nerves
  progresses.

[Jordin Calloway]

Answer to Question 1

Female pelvis does not reach adult size and dimensions until 3 years after menarche.
Although infants of adolescent mothers may be low birth weight or small for gestational age, the maternal pelvis may still be too small for vaginal delivery.

Answer to Question 2

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A An infant has about 50 mL of CSF compared with 150 mL in an adult.
B Papilledema rarely occurs in infancy because open fontanels and sutures can
expand in the presence of ICP.
C The brain of the term infant is two thirds the weight of an adult's brain.
D Peripheral nerves are not completely myelinated at birth. As myelinization
progresses, so does the child's coordination and fine muscle movements.

[yoooooman]

Thank you

[Jordin Calloway]

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